What is LinkedIn ?

 








LinkedIn is an American business and employment-oriented online service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Launched on May 5, 2003,[4] the platform is mainly used for professional networking, and allows job seekers to post their CVs and employers to post jobs. As of 2015, most of the company's revenue came  selling access to information about its members to recruiters and sales professionals.Since December 2016, it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft. As of June 2021, LinkedIn had 756 million registered members from 200 countries and territories.













LinkedIn allows members (both workers and employers) to create profiles and "connect" to each other in an online social network which may represent real-world professional relationships. Members can invite anyone  to become a "connection".





















In June 2008, Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, and other venture capital firms purchased a 5% stake in the company for $53 million, giving the company a post money valuation of approximately $1 billion.In November 2009, LinkedIn opened its office in Mumbai and soon thereafter in Sydney, as it started its Asia-Pacific team expansion. In 2010, LinkedIn opened an International Headquarters in Dublin, Ireland,received a $20 million investment from Tiger global Management LLC at a valuation of approximately $2 billion,announced its first acquisition, Mspoke,and improved its 1% premium subscription ratio.In October of that year, Silicon Valley Insider ranked the company No. 10 on its Top 100 List of most valuable startups.By December, the company was valued at $1.575 billion in private markets.



                                         Source : Wikipedia 





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